NKY gain in tourism outpaces state's

10:53 AM,
May 11, 2013

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David Schuh

State officials reported this week that tourism revenue across Kentucky grew 4.4 percent last year, and the increase was more than twice as large in Northern Kentucky.

Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties saw an economic tourism impact of $325.8 million, a 9.1 percent increase over the $298.5 million impact in 2011. The region's percentage gain is the biggest in the past five years and second only to 2007, when the Creation Museum saw 404,000 visitors in its inaugural year.

Eric Summe, president and CEO of the Northern Kentucky Convention & Visitors Bureau, cited the World Choir Games and ...